Combined seam-strengthener



(No Model.)

J. F. ENSMINGER.

COMBINED SEAMSTRENGTHENER, GUSSET', AND FLY. No..298,360.

Patented May 13, 1884.

WITNESSES N. PETERQ, Phfllo-Linwgnphcf. Walhingicn, D. C.

' H NITED STATES ATENT OFFI E.

JOHNF. ENSMINGER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,360, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed January 3, 1884.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, J OHN F. ENSMINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at T- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Seam-Strengthener, Gusset, and Fly, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in pantaloons and overalls; and it consists in the peculiar construction of a combined gusset, seam-strengthener, and button-hole fly, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended. v

The invention has for its object to provide a cheap and simple means for strengthening the weakest portion of pantaloons, overalls,

the backseam strengthener applied, and Fig 2 a plan View of the blank constituting my invention.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a pair of pantaloons or overalls, and B the blank from which is formed the buttonhole fly and gusset. From the gusset a are opposite extensions, 1) b, which extend a suit- (No model.)

able distance down the inner seams of each leg from the crotch, and may be secured by the same threads that makethe leg-seams. About midway the gusset, and angular to the extensions b b, is a rearward extension, D, which is designed to extend up the back-seam ofthe garment to which it is applied, to or .within. a short distance of the waistband, and directly opposite this extension is a double extension, E, which is designed to be folded as indicated in dotted lines, and form the button-hole fly. By this construction it will be seen that a crotchgusset, button -hole fly, and strengthener is formed from a single piece of material.

I am aware that it is not new to provide pantaloons with a gusset having prolongations for strengthening the seams, and therefore do notclaim such, broadly; but

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined gusset, seam-strengthener, and button-hole fly for pantaloons, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the pantaloons, of 

